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hamlettaI've been having a really bad time sleeping. I'm never good, ever since I was a kid, but sometimes it gets worse. It's partially my own fault, as I got myself into a really late rhythm while finishing the novel draft, but that was already a while ago and I'm only getting worse. Lat night I went to bed at 4 am, which is by not means early but not super late for me. I lay in bed, not sleeping, till 8 am. Lucky I didn't have to be anywhere and could just sleep till the afternoon but it's so much wasted time and so tiering to just lay there and wait for sleep. And getting up after the sun has set again, missing daylight completely only makes it worse... :/
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Date: 2019-01-12 01:05 am (UTC)I tend not to regard it as wasted time if I'm getting roughly the right number of hours asleep vs awake, but it can be inconvenient time.
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Date: 2019-01-12 01:16 am (UTC)The wasted time is the lying in bed for four hours trying to sleep. If I could just go to bed and sleep, even at crazy hours, it wouldn't be so bad. But it seems no matter when I go, I have to spend two-three hours just lying there...
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Date: 2019-01-12 01:27 am (UTC)Write plots ;) That's actually what I was doing with the short stories over Christmas. I'd write from 11PM until 2 or 3AM, then knock the lights off and think about where I was going next with the story. I can't will myself to sleep, so I might as well use the time for something.
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Date: 2019-01-12 01:31 am (UTC)Maybe I should invent plots for books I don't want to write?
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Date: 2019-01-12 10:48 am (UTC)also, you might try a night cup. for me, glühwein works wonders. so in winter, when I absolutely have to have a good night's sleep, i make myself a cup before bed. works every time so far (knock on wood).